The California Registry welcomes the following new members and applauds their environmental leadership by voluntarily committing to participate in the program's rigorous reporting requirements:
City of Thousand Oaks
Element Markets LLC
Environmental Science Associates
GT Environmental Finance, LLC
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
NaturEner USA LLC
Justice & Associates
San Luis Obispo County - APCD TXI Riverside Cement
University of California, San Francisco
WRA, Inc
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ARE YOU PREPARED TO NAVIGATE THE CARBON WORLD?
The California Registry, presented in partnership with Point Carbon, invite you to join us this May for our 6th annual conference, Navigating the Carbon World. Join over 1,000 professionals representing businesses, government, academia, and non-profit organizations from over 30 nations, with more than 70 expert speakers from both the public and private sectors to attend. View the conference agenda visit our website.This conference will sell out again, so don't miss out and REGISTER TODAY to take advantage of these special limited rates. We look forward to seeing you there! Room reservations at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina are limited and must be made by April 13, 2008 to receive the special discounted conference rate. To make a reservation book online or contact the hotel directly at 800-228-9290. Quote "California Climate Action Registry" to receive the discount rate.
Thank you to all of our sponsors for thier generous support! This event is being made climate neutral by PG&E & DrivingGreen VIEW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE |
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FIRST FOREST PROJECTS ACCEPTED!
The California Registry is pleased to announce the verification and registration of carbon reductions from the Garcia River Forest and the van Eck Forest, the first two forest projects to utilize the conservation management typology in the Forest Project Protocol.
- At 23,780 acres, the Garcia River Forest is the centerpiece of one of the largest river systems on California's north coast. The Conservation Fund owns and manages the Garcia River Forest as a sustainable working forest that saves wildlife habitat, improves water quality, and preserves the traditional economic base of the local community.
- Owned by the Fred M. van Eck Forest Foundation, the 2,200-acre Fred M. van Eck Forest located in Humboldt County is managed by The Pacific Forest Trust to increase CO2 stores, restore biodiversity and produce sustainable timber supplies.
Details about The Conservation Fund's Garcia River Forest and The Pacific Forest Trust's van Eck Forest projects can be found as linked documents at the bottom of their public CARROT reports.View the statement of serialized Carbon Reduction Tons (CRT) for the Garcia River and van Eck
We encourage other forest projects to learn from these two leaders and to develop new forest projects using our protocols. VIEW OUR PROJECT PROTOCOLS |
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CALIFORNIA REGISTRY APPOINT NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND NAMES PRESIDENT
The California Registry elected new members to its Board of Directors and confirmed Gary Gero as President of the organization. Gary served as interim Presided from November 2007 to February 2008.
Board members include leaders from the environmental, governmental, and corporate sectors. Newly elected officers include:
Chair - Linda Adams, Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency;
Secretary - Kathleen Brown, Head of Public Finance for the Western Region, Goldman Sachs; and
Chief Financial Officer- Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Other Board members include:
- Peter Liu, Founder and Vice Chairman of New Resources Bank;
- Nancy McFadden, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, PG&E Corporation;
- Peter Miller, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council;
- Jan Schori, General Manager Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- William Spurgeon, Retail General Manager for the West Region, Shell Oil Products US; and
- Diane Wittenberg, Executive Director of The Climate Registry.
Non-voting members include:
- Eileen Tutt, Deputy Secretary of External Affairs, California Environmental Protection Agency, and
- Gary Gero, President, California Climate Action Registry.
The Board of Directors and President will guide the new direction of the California Registry in assisting the State of California in implementing AB32, developing high quality reduction project protocols, and building a greenhouse gas reduction project registry that ensures quality and integrity in the voluntary carbon market by employing accuracy, transparency and rigor. |
NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROTOCOLS WITH CARB, ICLEI AND THE CLIMATE REGISTRY
The California Registry is partnering with the California Air Resources Board, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, USA and The Climate Registry to develop GHG accounting and reporting guidance for local governments. The first phase of our efforts, which began this month, will focus on developing an "industry-specific" entity reporting protocol tailored for local government operations. For California Registry local government members, this Local Government Operations Protocol will be supplementary to the reporting guidance in the General Reporting Protocol. For ICLEI members, the protocol will provide guidance for the government operations portion of their GHG inventory. The Climate Registry will look to these standards as it develops specific guidance for local governments in the future. The protocol is being developed using the California Registry's protocol development process, which utilizes a multi-stakeholder protocol workgroup made up of California Registry, ICLEI, and The Climate Registry members and reporters, environmental organizations, local government experts and state agency representatives from across the country. The protocol is expected to be completed in August 2008.
The California Registry, ARB, ICLEI and The Climate Registry will also partner to develop guidance for conducting a community-wide GHG emissions inventory. Work on the community-level guidance will begin later this year. For more information about this initiative, visit our Local Government Protocols in Progress webpage or contact
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NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2008 CLIMATE ACTION CHAMPION AWARDS
The California Registry invites members to nominate individuals and organizations who exemplify leadership and commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Eligibility:
Individuals, companies, academic institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations are all eligible for nomination. Eligibility is not limited to California Registry members and affiliates. Nominees must demonstrate one or more of the following criteria:
- Public leadership on climate change that furthers climate change policy or the response to climate change in the United States,
- A demonstrated commitment to a substantial reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
Award Deadlines:To nominate an organization/individual, please fill out a nomination form and send to the California Registry by mail, email or fax. Self-nomination is allowed. Nominations for the 2008 awards must be received by April 9, 2008. California Registry members, staff, and board members are all eligible to participate in the nomination process.
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| CONGRATULATION CLIMATE ACTION LEADERS!
Congratulations to our newest 2006 Climate Action Leaders:
Abbott Vascular (2005)
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Bay Area AQMD
California State University System
City of Sacramento (2005)
City of Santa Barbara
City of West Hollywood
Collins Pine Company
Countyof Yolo
Crockett Cogeneration
Driftwood Dairy Dynegy (LSP)
Arlington Valley
Dynegy Morro Bay
Dynegy Moss Landing
Dynegy Oakland
Dynegy South Bay
Hewlett-Packard
Kaiser Permanente
Mojave Desert AQMD
Naftex Operating Co.
NRG Energy Inc.
Pacific States Environmental Contractors, Inc.
QUALCOMM Inc.
San Benito County
Shell Oil Company
Shultz Steel Company
Solar Turbines
South Coast AQMD
Southwest Gas Corporation
The Conservation Fund (2004 - 2006)
Thorock Metals Co, Inc.
University of CA,
MercedUniversity of CA,
Santa Cruz
Waste Connections
We are happy to announce that 2006 emission inventories from almost 100 companies have been found to meet the standards of our General Reporting Protocol Version 2.2and we are pleased to accept their emissions reports into the California Climate Action Registry database. The California Registry is working steadily towards finalizing its review of 2006 emissions data reports. If your organization has submitted a verified 2006 emissions inventory but your name does not appear above or on the Climate Action Leaders webpage, the California Registry is still reviewing your report. This remains our top priority so that we can accept the data, make your public reports available on our website, and grant all qualifying members Climate Action Leader status. We thank all of our members for their patience with this process and support for insuring integrity and consistency in reporting!
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ANSI LAUNCHES PILOT VERIFICATION PROGRAM TO ACCREDIT NEW VERIFIERS
There is growing demand for GHG verification services. In an effort to help streamline application processes, the California Registry intends to recognize new GHG verifiers for entity reporting approved by either The Climate Registry (TCR) and/or the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Thus, the California Registry will not issue a request for new verifier applications this year. Firms seeking accreditation status under The Climate Registry (TCR) must be ISO 14065 approved (international standard for accrediting GHG inventory verifiers) and meet program-specific requirements defined by TCR. To achieve this, firms may now participate in a pilot accreditation program offered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) based on the ISO 14065 standard. ANSI is accepting applications through May 15, 2008. To request an application, firms should follow ANSI's instructions posted online at: www.ansi.org/ghg. Once the pilot phase is completed, ANSI will accept new applications for accreditation on a rolling basis. More information is available from ANSI.The California Air Resources Board is also developing its accreditation requirements, and expects to have new verifiers accredited in 2008. For more information, please subscribe to ARB's mailing list for GHG verification at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php.Firms seeking accreditation status as a project verifier for the California Registry's Climate Action Reserve should also seek ISO 14065 accreditation status and meet program-specific requirements defined by the California Registry. Participating in ANSI's pilot program should also meet these requirements.Further updates on the accreditation process for new California Registry and TCR verifiers will continue to be provided through this newsletter as they are available. |
WELCOME NEW STAFF
The California Registry extends a warm welcome to Kati Price and Kristen Garcia, who both join the Registry's Member Services Team. Kati and Kristen will be valuable resources for members in answering reporting and verification questions and providing training, particularly for new members.
As a new Program Associate, Kati Price will be the liaison with California State agencies to help coordinate program participation. Kati is also coordinating this year's Climate Action Champion awards.Kati is a native of Ontario, CA and holds a Bachelor of Science in Evolution and Ecology from the University of California, Davis. Prior to joining the California Registry, Kati was a middle school and high school science teacher and most recently spent two years in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer. Contact Kati at
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